The UK Government is holding a review after patient-led campaigns on 3 NHS treatments: the hormone pregnancy test Primodos used up until 1978; the anti-epileptic drug sodium valproate and its use in pregnancy and the use of vaginal mesh. Carl Heneghan Next week I’ve been asked to present evidence to the Independent Medicines & Medical […]
Category: Adverse effects
Seven ways to ensure faster removal of harmful medicines
Harmful medicines sometimes stay on the market for longer than they should. When that happens, people are unnecessarily exposed to medicines that may adversely affect their health. Igho Onakpoya The benefit-harm balance of new medicines is often not fully known at the time marketing licences are granted. More information about harms often becomes apparent […]
Rare adverse events in clinical trials: understanding the rule of three
Investigators should report rare and very rare adverse events in clinical trials: Igho Onakpoya reports why it is important that all events are reported irrespective of their frequency. Even though they may not give a signal in any single trial, a meta-analysis could reveal potentially important drug-adverse event associations that might require further […]